Clothes stick



Sept. 29, 1925.

A. J. KOOB CLOTHES STICK Filed Feb. 28, 1924 Patented Sept. 29, 1925.

UNITED STATES ADAM J. KOOB, 0F CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA.

CLOTHES STICK.

Application filed February 28, 1924. Serial No. 695,793.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ADAM J. K0013, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Cedar Rapids, in the county of Linn and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful. Clothes Stick, of which the following is a specification;

The device forming the subject matter of this application is a clothes stick, adapted to be used for lifting garn'ients and the like out of hot water, and the invention aims to provide a clothes stick, the head of which is so constructed that it will be peculiarly efficient in aiding in lifting the clothes.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the invention appertains. 7

With the above and other objects in View, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope of what is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown, can be made, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings z- Figure 1 shows in elevation, a device constructed in accordance with the invention, a portion of the staff being broken away;

Figure 2 is a cross section taken approximately on the line 2-2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is an elevation showing the head per se, the head being viewed at right angles to the showing of Figure 1.

The clothes stick forming the subject matter of this application comprises a stafi' 1 and a head 2, the head including a tubular socket 8, the bore of which is cylindrical, the staff 1 being tapered as at 6, so that it may be wedged in the bore of the socket 3. When the staff 1 swells, the staff will be held securely in the socket 8. The staff 1 projects as at 4, beyond the working end of the head 2, and is rounded as at 5, to avoid a tearing of the clothes which are to he lifted. The socket 3 of the head2 carries oppositely disposed plate-like Wings 7 extended longitudinally of the socket, throughout the entire length of the socket, the ends of the wings 7 being set inwardly, and spaced, as at 9, from the ends of the socket The outer corners of the wings 7 may be rounded slightly, as at 8, to avoid a tearing of the clothes, but, at each end of each wing 7 there exists a pronounced shoulder, designated by the reference character 10.

The general construction of the head 2 is such that the garments may be lifted readily out of the hot Water, and since the rear ends of the wings 7 are spaced as at 9 from the inner end of the socket 3, an additional shoulder is provided which aids in holding the clothes about the staff 1. It is to be observed that the head 2 is symmetrical in form, and consequently, the staff 1 may be inserted into either end of the head.

The head 2 is of symmetrical construction and is so made that it may be reversed on the stick or staff 1, without changing the operative relation between the head and the wings 7 on the one hand, and the clothes which are to be manipulated on the other hand. The result is that, in the assembling of the head and the staff, the operator need take no particular pains, but may simply hammer the staff 1 into either end of the socket 3. Furthermore, the general symmetry and simplicity of the head facilitate its manufacture as a casting of the most simple and inexpensive construction.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is: i

In a clothes stick, a one-piece cylindrical socket provided at its sides with integral oppositely disposed outstanding wings in the form of approximately rectangular imperforate flat plates, located entirely between planes coinciding with the ends of the socket; the socket being open from end to end, and the wings being located sym metrically With respect to each other and with respect to the socket to provide for an end for end reversal of the socket on a staff without changing the operative relation be tween the socket and the wings on the one hand, and the clothes to be handled on the other hand.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature.

A. J. KOOB. 

